Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:15:58 -0500 From: Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> To: Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com> Cc: "Jack L. Stone" <jacks@sage-american.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: support quality (Re: dump | restore fails: unknown tape headertype 1853384566) Message-ID: <49CB9C2E.8060401@denninger.net> In-Reply-To: <20090326151100.GA46864@hyperion.scode.org> References: <200903251820.54749.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <200903251925.36108.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <3.0.1.32.20090325072137.00ee6b48@sage-american.com> <3.0.1.32.20090326065337.00f081e0@sage-american.com> <3.0.1.32.20090326070807.00f081e0@sage-american.com> <200903261331.n2QDVd4b038485@lava.sentex.ca> <20090326140131.GA45201@hyperion.scode.org> <49CB8E74.9090508@denninger.net> <20090326145230.GC46345@hyperion.scode.org> <49CB97CD.2010303@denninger.net> <20090326151100.GA46864@hyperion.scode.org>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------090708050607050807000208 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Peter Schuller wrote: >> To add to this what SHOULD (ha!) work is to dump the database partition >> FIRST and THEN dump the Transaction Log partition. >> > > Depending on how the database works; specifically when old data in the > log may or may not be expunged. You could do this with PostgreSQL by > using it's PITR support for example. But to the extent that you have a > log which is only supposed to be used for internal reasons (such as > with pg by default), you'd likely be in trouble anyway unless you had > a specific reason to know that it is safe. > True. If the log rolls on you while you're taking the dumps you're DEAD. Both design and verification are important :) -- -- Karl Denninger karl@denninger.net --------------090708050607050807000208--
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